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The following comment was posted by local microbiologist Dr. Robert Lucas to another blog – Bajans Jettison Social Distancing for Cheek by Jowl. The blogmaster regards it as one of the most important points shared on Barbados Underground since the status of COVID 19 was elevated by Prime Minister Mia Mottley.

David, Barbados Underground

Let me repeat what I have stated elsewhere on the Blog.

The curfew has to rigorously enforced. Once this is done, there is no need for contact tracing. I will explain.

Those who manifest symptoms are easily managed. It is person Z who comes into contact with a person (asymptomatic or beginning to show signs) and is unaware of the fact, who poses the immediate threat. By having the curfew and rigidly enforcing it, means that person Z is localized to a fixed area.

There will be more than one person who qualifies for the nomenclature Z. Since the curfew is rigidly enforced when the Zs become ill and use the hotline, hot spots are known. There will be a number of these hot spots. There should be isolated and all persons in the vicinity of the Z’ screened and placed into mandatory quarantine. No crap about voluntary quarantine.

For this method to work, it means that very tough enforcement it needed. None of this crap about human rights and individual liberty. Human rights and so on can be dealt with after the situation is under control…

Elsewhere on the Blog, I said that a twenty-eight day curfew was needed. I explain my reasoning as follows: there would be different viral incubation times for different individuals. Twenty-eight days would appear to be time for all individuals to show manifestations of the infection.

 

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688 responses to “Local Microbiologist Calls for Curfew to be Extended to 28 Days”

  1. Baje Avatar
    Baje

    Guyanese cricketers stuck in Trinidad & Tobago

    With airports across the world shut down due to the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, several Guyanese cricketers are left stranded in Trinidad and Tobago.

    The list includes discarded West Indies Test opener Rajindra Chandrika, Demetri Cameron, Steve Ramdass, Kandasammy Surujnarine, Paul Wintz, Garfield Benjamin, Samuel Kishnasammy and Dion Ferrier who were all playing in the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board National League.

    Stabroek Sport reached out to a few of those players who shared their views on the situation.

    Their biggest concern, they said was the uncertainty of when they will be able to return home.

    https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/03/30/sports/guyanese-cricketers-stuck-in-tt/

    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    SAFETY OF MASSES VS CHASING THE $$$$$

  2. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    I also forgot to mention that over a month ago i started covering my hair to go anywhere, never leave home without a scarf wrapped around my face, women and girls love to model their fake weave and this and that, those will hold and transport a plague….and INFECT THEMSELVES AND EVERYONE AROUND THEM…cover your hair and that includes fake weaves..

    still wrapping my head around the slimy trick of shutting down the supermarkets with ONLY 24 hours notice, all to create a panic…all to use an excuse to revive the M-Money scam….evil and repulsive…only jokers in the world to shut down supermarkers and pharmacies so their victims will never know what they are getting and will not be able to do anything about it.

    But one smart died at too smart’s door..

  3. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “when you go out with you gloves and your mask who do you do with them when you return home?”

    Unlike yardfowls i don’t need politicians or anyone else to tell me i have to either dispose of gloves, headwear and masks and/or spray and wash them, i learned to think independently from a very small child, i know hard back adults with the fowl/plantation mentality would still need a politician to tell them that although the politicians themselves also need to be told that am sure..

    Are the food vendors who sell the FRESHEST, HEALTHIEST FOODS still open..

    i know the crooked unhealthy repulsive fast food restaurants were allowed to stay open though, no one thinks they are a danger to the public, but they believe supermarkets and vendors are, so who goes around buying fastfood DURING A PLAGUE…only those willing to die a horrible death because their education system tells them to listen to wicked crooked politicians……….crooks of a feather…

    “The same people condemning the government’s decision not to close down the borders are promoting the re-opening of supermarkets. Clown show!”

    Only because yall are too dumb, dishonest and too focused on ya SCAMS to figure out how to do it safely and orderly….that wickedness yall pulled setting up the people with chaos at the supermarkets….will return to BITE …REAL HARD..

  4. WURA-WAR-on-U Avatar
    WURA-WAR-on-U

    https://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/244887/atherley-applauds-changes

    Same clown who wanted the slave churches open because in his slave mind it is an..”essential service”, although churches don’t sell food…now is applauding the closure of supermarkets…the real essential service……this is who wants to be a PM….we just can’t make any of this up…..steupppsss.

  5. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Barbados’ plantation minded leaders….their evil is exposed for the world to see, violating human rights….taking people’s money every month for water they are not getting, depriving them and their families of water…now for the whole world to see…share, share, share..

    let the world see these black face human rights violators and abusers of their own people….see what they do..they have all been ignoring these people, while Santia boldfacedly lies about the situation.

    they maintain a third world BANANA REPUBLIC/slave society while fooling the people that they are first world and punching above some weight….any outbreak that cannot be controlled can be attributed to them and their callousness and negligence toward the people who elected them….but open supermarkets are the problem …right???

    “April 6 at 9:46 AM
    To the Prime Minister the Honourable
    Ms Mia Mottley.
    The Minister of Education and Prime Minister(Ag) the Honourable Ms:Santia Bradshaw
    The Minister of Water Resources Management the Honourable Mr Wilfred Abrahams.
    The Minister of Health the Honourable Mr Jeffrey Bostic.
    The Minister of Community Development the Honourable Mr Adrian Forde.
    The Minister of Elder Affairs the Honourable Ms Cynthia Forde.
    The Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Lands and Member of Parliament for St John the Honourable Mr Charles Griffith.
    The Chairperson of BWA Mrs Leodene Worrell. The General Manager of BWA Mr Keithroy Halliday.

    Please i crave your indulgence
    We the Residents of Sherbourne and Wilson Hill in St John are appealing to your good offices to help us with this water issue we have been experiencing since last year 2019 of March or April. This is now April 2020 the year of the gathering and boy were we gathering at the community tanks to fetch water or at the water trucks.
    Water as you know is a fundamental human right and right now that right is being abused and denied to us, “the right/the access to safe,clean drinking water”.
    Why are we paying for a service we don’t get? Who gave the orders to turn off the lines feeding these two communities? And why?

    Madam PM because of the Novel Coronavirus Covid 19, you just instructed the Barbados Water Authority to restore water to those customers who’s water was turned off for none payment of the bills but yet we who pays our bills monthly can’t get a drop of water to save our lives. Madam PM this is the epitome of ridiculous(ness).

    You Madam PM you said washing your hands with water and soap was primarily the best way to beat the Novel Coronavirus/Covid 19 Virus and handsanitizers should be secondary. Outside of this Vicious Virus we know how important water is to Health.
    Where and how are we suppose to wash our hands,bathe,wash clothes,cook,clean house,wash wares,drink water if we don’t have access to what we pay for.
    Calls to the BWA has fallen on deaf ears.

    A petition to that office has apparently gone unnoticed. Madam PM a year is too long and this situation is very frustrating and vexing to say the least.

    We have lots of vulnerable persons in these communities,sick,elderly,children,disable,
    convalescencing people,pregnant women etc. We know it can’t be because of low reservoirs,we know it can’t be lack of rain fall,we know it can’t be a burst main etc because all the other surrounding communities getting water and not these two communities. Madam PM your Government said on this Viral climate it can’t be business as usual so why is it that the BWA can treat us in this manner? Up til this date today nobody from the BWA has made it a priority to come to these two communities and explain the situation to us so people are left to speculate that it’s purpose work. It’s not fair to us who despite not having water for this length of time still have to pay our water bills monthly.

    The Minister of Water Resources just delivered a “World Water Day” message did he even remember us in that delivery.
    Right now we are under a 24 hour curfew what are we suppose to do when our stocks of water runs out? Are we to be exempted from this curfew seeing that water is essential?

    Would you believe Madam PM the BWA instead of coming to us and helping to alleviate our problems could get on facebook last night and post a bundle of crap,hoping that it would exonerate them from this ridiculous behaviour and trying to garner sympathy for they ignorance.

    These water issues are also happening in other parts of St John though not with the frequency as in the first two mentioned areas. such as Church view,Edgecliff,Clifton Hall,Pot House etc etc

    To the Barbados Water Authority do better.

    Sir Dale Worrell LXG Proven not promise

  6. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Am sure by now at least Piece remembers…..if no one else.

    Bitt Inc scam = A beds…which after years went nowhere, not even when it got sold to Overstock.com

    Then morphed into Fintech in some islands…

    but continued into another scam..

    M-Money scam = Rawdone & Duhkaran…..when after all the horse and pony show on the radio…totally forgot they did not tell the people about their name change from Bitt Inc or their arrogance was so condensed they did not care since they were so condescending to callers who did not trust any of them and were concerned…

    which went nowhere too..until now, shut down the supermarkets and implement their HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATING SHITE…

    hope some memories have now been jogged, it is worrying that so many people forgot and it has not been even fully two years yet…..but make no mistake a vehicle for laundering has to be found and they do not care how they do it or whose HUMAN RIGHTS ARE VIOLATED…

    Any PLAGUE OUTBREAKS in large numbers that cost countless lives, can be blamed on this government and their overt/covert game playing, stupidity and OUTRIGHT GREED..

  7. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @Mariposa

    Let us apply some simple reasoning: a son of the soil, with a BSc in economics, an MSc in something called political sociology, a former UK Treasury official, and a senior executive of a crypto-currency company who speaks fluent Freench. He was so dynamic that we changed the constitution so he could become a senator.
    So far, he has done wonders in the senate; we even introduced a crypto-currency regulator to cover his business tracks. He teamed up with a former bank economists, who at one point embarked on a post-graduate course in economics.
    I made the silly suggestion that since this economist had signed up for a post-graduate course, it meant she felt she was in need of further education in the discipline; and, as far as the media was concerned, instead of running to this woman every other day for comment, maybe, just maybe, they should try her lecturers and tutors who, presumably, know more about the discipline than she does.
    Of course, to the BU predators, led by the predator in chief, that suggestion was sacrilegious.
    But you are on to a winner. In time even the diehards will come round to your line of reasoning. They are as bogus as their attacks on you – and that is without nitpicking.

  8. David Avatar
    David

    Here is what is bogus, YOU, a man who rubbishes those who have achieved in the discipline of economics but want to now weigh in by suggesting we reach out to others in the same profession.

    Small minds always attack people. Not one single positive thing you have to say about Barbados except when you romanticize the 40s and 50s life in Barbados. As you have exhaustively opined on BU, Barbados is a failed state, Bajan professionals are appallingly ignorant, You have no intention of returning to Barbados to live. Here is what to do, leave us to hell alone to wallow in our appalling ignorance.

    #buffoon

    >

  9. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    While the government plays games with people’s lives in Barbados, Caribbean people including Bajans are fighting for their lives in US……supermarkets and pharmacies are open worldwide and YOU STILL have the option to order online…NO ONE’S human rights are being violated or taken away during a PANDEMIC…this is NOT THE TIME..

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/sohee/permalink/2856489361110285/

  10. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    David it is too early to swell yuh head
    Relax say yuh prays and go for an early morning walk
    Dont forget to wear yuh mask
    Cause yuh never know which one of them people yuh (butt up on) might have entered the island around March 15

  11. Mariposa Avatar
    Mariposa

    What i like about Santia is her calm and cool delivery style
    Easy to believe
    Her only problem is that she has to read from Mia handbook in these press conferences
    A diamond in the ruff
    Now look at that i decides with Mia on her choice and hell breaks loose

  12. David Avatar
    David

    No need to wear a mask if you remain indoors and take responsibility for your health IF you have to venture outside practise social distancing. You will NEVER see the blogmaster cheek by jowl. Individuals are vested in managing their health.

  13. Hal Austin Avatar
    Hal Austin

    @ Mariposa

    Again you are spot on. What we want from our political leaders is confidence, authority, credibility. Santia has that in loads. The president does not. The shouting, hand waving, long waffle is off-putting.
    As I said, all Santia needs I taking advice from decent advisers, and not political friends and flunkies and she will be genuinely world class. I wish her well.
    But, being Barbados, the crabs in a barrel will try to take her down. She has emerged out of this chaos as someone to watch.

  14. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Finally some real use for the slave church.

    https://www.facebook.com/623220367807212/posts/2634503746678854/

  15. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    When ya dishonest, disrespectful and practice corruption against the same people who pay ya salaries.. THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS TO KNOW.

    https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/04/08/ccj-slams-barbados-courts-again/

  16. WURA-War-in-U Avatar
    WURA-War-in-U

    “Same lowlifes committing the same crimes against the people over and over FOR DECADES…while taxpayers pay their salaries…how could this be fair to anyone seeking justice in the taxpayer funded court.

    If CCJ finds this repulsive and intolerable because they have come to recognize that these vicious thieves and savages, use the court system and laws AGAINST the people. They will not hand down any decision because they all know their criminal syndicate stole the whole Knox Estate.

    “Bordering on the intolerable is how the country’s final appellate tribunal has described the lower Court of Appeal’s failure to hand down its decision in a civil case, four years after it was due.

    In the latest of an ongoing series of criticisms of the sloth of Barbadian courts, the justices of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) made their position known today as they declined to hear the case, Knox versus Dean and others, possibly the longest-running estate dispute in Barbados’ modern legal history.

    The regional court indicated that it was the delay which prompted the applicant to bypass the Barbados Court of Appeal and seek a decision from the CCJ.

    The applicant challenged an earlier order made by Justice Randall Worrell in the High Court to seize dividends from Kingsland Estates Limited which were payable to the estate of the late Marjorie Ilma Knox.”

  17. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    So despite all of that yall still want to trust this evil criminal syndicate of lawyers and all the other lowlife with selecting what you eat without your input…you do not ALLOW YOUR ENEMIES to control ur FOOD SUPPLY…especially knowing that they have robbed the elderly and their BENEFICIARIES generations of people their properties, bank accounts, theur LIVES, their very FUTURES and everything else for decades…good luck to yall i say.

  18. David Avatar
    David

    Life may never get back to normal, says US coronavirus scientist

    ‘Showstopper’ to halt the global coronavirus disruption will only be an effective vaccine, says Dr Anthony Fauci.

    “Normal” life around the world before the coronavirus pandemic struck may never return, the top US scientist tackling the outbreak said.

    Dr Anthony Fauci said at a White House press briefing that gradually countries will again “function as a society but … if you want to get to pre-coronavirus, that might not ever happen in the sense that the threat is there”.

    “If ‘back to normal’ means acting like there never was a coronavirus problem, I don’t think that’s going to happen until we do have a situation where you can completely protect the population … Ultimately, the showstopper will obviously be a vaccine,” he said.

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/life-normal-coronavirus-scientist-200407101112133.html

  19. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    David
    That’s not the only act of dishonesty by the know-it-all former senior editor, he purposely cherry picks the man’s CV to try to belittle him. Do a google search for Hal Austin lecture at Combermere, even the fact that he got a scholarship to Combermere is listed in his bio. Who you think told this to the organisers of the lecture? The same bio mentions him assisting in the establishment of a MA course at City University London in Financial Journalism, which interestingly includes elective courses in Political Economy. What is political economy and is political sociology not a long established discipline? Rawdon Adams’ economics degree and LSE masters seem to be eating out the hobbit. Imagine he is trying to deride an MSc from LSE, a course of study that is still going today. 🤣🤣🤣

  20. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Just saw a clip where Prince Donald said the plague was artificially introduced, he used the word induced though….hope to hear more on that, am sure if that is the case, it means that it was a self-defeating exercise, since everyone is at risk, including those who at some point in time will apparently be fingered and accused…if COVID DON’T KILL THEM FIRST…lol

    Life wll not return to the same old no matter how much the backward, visionless nonthinkers who still live on their slave plantations with their slave master mentalities try….that is over.

  21. john2 Avatar
    john2

    WW

    I see you backed off that 63 x 10 potentially carriers
    shows that your head is not as hard as mari’s :))

    you find out the new number yet?

  22. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Well the UN got a letter about the disparities in healthcare going on in US, maybe they should get one about the human rights violating criminals for leaders jn Barbados too, who with their black faces love nothing better than to violate their own people’s human rights, not to mention steal from them to please and appease their fellow thieves.

    https://www.facebook.com/groups/sohee/permalink/2856495587776329/

    “Finally, we note that the racist treatment we have described in the U.S. is also faced by African people around the world. We draw your attention to the recent statements made by leading French physicians who suggested experimenting with possible COVID-combatting vaccines in Africa where “there are no masks, no treatments, no resuscitation.”[iv] After an outburst of criticism from prominent Black spokespeople, they’ve tried to backtrack but the Dr. Marion Sims’ (above) white supremacist mindset, whether articulated in French or English, is clear and dangerous.”

  23. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    I did not back off of anything, it is all in your fragile imagination, that 63 x 10 potential super spreaders was given to me by real doctors when yall only had a couple cases and it was referencing infections worldwide at the time, they got that info from real scientists…of which u are not…since then you are 63 X 10 in less that 2 weeks….wonder how ya got there if it is not spreading as doctors initially opined, when ya only started with a couple people now included are 3 deaths.

    When they change their projections, i will let u know, ya wont have to ask.

  24. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    WARU de Salemite needs to stop doing what she does best–putting misinformation in the blog. Who said M-Money was being dusted off to facilitate the supermarkets re-opening? Firstly, mmoney never stopped working; and secondly, I said the usefulness of a facility LIKE mmoney was useful in a time like this i.e. cashless transactions. Stick to copying and pasting and trying to impress BU of your COVID readiness since January. Notwithstanding you being responsible for 80% of the posts on the blog, when one subtracts the cut & paste (which equates to 95%) the remaining 5% adds up to ZERO, pure bilge.

  25. JOHN2 Avatar
    JOHN2

    WW

    THEN YOU JUST AS BAD/IGNORANT AS MARI.

    I DIDNT CHANGE THE NUMBER……IT THE SCIENTIST. YOUR 10 IS A FEW WEEKS OLD

    OK, YOU AINT BACK OFF BUT SINCE I TOLD YOU ABOUT IT I HAVENT SEEN YOU GIVE YOUR NORMAL PROTENTIAL COUNT EVER UPDATE SINCE. I CALL THAT BACKING OFF DONT CARE HOW MUCH YOU DENY IT.

    10 IS OLD NUMBER

  26. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    This is what intelligent Black people would do, when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, not depend on a bunch of halfassed leaders who have to depend on everyone else.

    Heard Popuar Supermarket put a system in place where people are seeing what they are getting re groceries, for who shops at Pricesmart, they are being contacted to make arrangements, so this crap about an unopened package being just handed to people like they BEGGED for what they PAID FOR…is not cutting it.

    We should have known something was very wrong when ya elect 29 or 30 LOSERS and they in turn have to HIRE CONSULTANTS multimillion dollar no less paid by taxpayers to tell them what to do and nearly two YEARS later they are still holding on to consultants because they still need to be told what to do..

    This is what a real business person looks like, he can’t go wrong.

    “Houston Chef Jonny Rhodes decided to turn his restaurant into a grocery store to combat food shortages that are happening as a result of the pandemic, Black Enterprise reports.

    Rhodes is the owner of Indigo, a popular soul food restaurant in Houston, Texas. While most states are allowing restaurants to stay open for take-out and delivery only, Rhodes thought his spot could be of better use and made the decision to convert it into a grocery store to give low-income families better access to quality food.

    Broham’s Fine Soul Food & Groceries opened this past week and Rhodes said it was always in the plans. “It is times and moments like these in which we referenced from our inception. This project wasn’t due to launch until the fall, but our people need us NOW. As many have formed opinions on our current state as a nation, nothing has changed then or now about our position regarding food apartheid and food inequality in the nation…[Broham’s Groceries is] our first combat outpost in the fight against food injustice in Black/brown communities,” Rhodes said in a social media post.

    The new grocery store will service the community’s needs while also allowing the Texas chef to keep his employees on staff. Rhodes said not only is there a food shortage, there’s a food desert in his particular community because there are hardly any grocery stores at all, which is not uncommon in many under resourced neighborhoods across America.

    “You think about this epidemic that’s going on, one of the things you see is grocery stores can’t keep things on the shelves. Over here, there are no shelves to be empty, because there are no grocery stores. Instead of there being empty shelves, there’s empty bellies. Since this has taken place, a lot of them [people] are surviving on chips, soda, candy. That’s only going to make what’s going on right now worse. Now, you don’t have the immune system to fight it off, because we’re poisoning ourselves. We just want to be able to provide [an alternative],” Rhodes said.

    Rhodes isn’t sure when his restaurant will reopen, but for now he’s just focused on doing his part. Broham’s Groceries sells food that is locally sourced and is located at 517 Berry Rd. Houston, Texas. They’re open Monday through Friday from 9am to 7pm CST.

    To learn more about Broham’s Fine Soul Food & Groceries, visit http://www.htxindigo.com.

    Thank you for all you’re doing Jonny!”

  27. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    So why don’t you tell the blog what the new number is…ya act like smeone cares what you think….when a real doctor tells me the number changed…then i will believe something new happened..

    Fowl Enuff…..wuh happen, a spoke got thrown in ya wheel, not so comfortable anymore, not so confident and uppity anymore…now ya have been reduced to COUNTING MY COMMENTS…

    yall want locking up….lol

  28. john2 Avatar
    john2

    that info was posted on BU by someone already.

    You always on the net cutting and pasting misleading old shite. how come you cant find new info on time?

  29. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    I was not looking for any new info and believe it or not don’t read everything that is posted here like you seem to do, am not supposed to because you said so, i can think for my self independently WITHOUT MILLION DOLLAR CONSULTANTS and know where to look or WHOM TO ASK if i need any new info, am much better than ya loser leaders who have to run around everywhere looking for praise and attention to big up themselves on facebook and in the pimp media…when none of this is about them…if they were real leaders, they would not have to do that…they would be more comfortable and confident…in themselves….while learning how to be COMPETENT and take care of THEIR OWN PEOPLE…who pay their salaries, for a change, since none of them ever did it before..

    But these are new beginnings…watch muh nuh..

  30. David Avatar
    David

    Good to hear the police giving feedback that there is more order at the large supermarkets.

  31. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    BTW …tell ya dumbass leaders to get in their Beemers and Mercedes and drive down to Eagle Hall and see what’s going on because the dumbasses shut the supermarkets, only clowns in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD to do so, trying to pretend they are important and special looking for praise and attention…….one supermarket already posted to FB that they have 3,000 orders and cannot take anymore….

    next time try comparing the population size to the amount of supermarkets and pharmacies ya have on the island…f-cking idiots…

    don’t forget to count my comments…

  32. john2 Avatar
    john2

    man you seem more jealous that she get more attention in the media and face book than you.
    that’s why you cant keep off of facebook and keep hijacking the topics on BU – attention seeking?

    no need for me to count you or any other comments but I sure you already have your score for your daily, monthly,YTD etc. but I don’t think david going give a price or recognition for post the same shite over and over. so yuh luck bust!

  33. John A Avatar
    John A

    @ DAVID.

    did you also hear where the supermarkets said they can not handle the load?

  34. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    I said ONE SUPERMARKET…on FB said they have 3,000 orders and CANNOT TAKE ANYMORE…they have to put the vulnerable first, so DO NOT CALL IN ANYMORE ORDERS…wuh happen ya getting frighten..

    i always know up to 2012 Barbados only had about 6 supermarkets, there may be more now, but those have to supply over 280,000 people…if ya SHITE LEADERS had done the MATH…they would understand what that meant….and why NO ONE ELSE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD …closed supermarkets OR pharmacies..

    watch muh nuh…

  35. John A Avatar
    John A

    Logistics logistics logistics

    So half day into the latest brain child and it has proven to be another unworkable plan. Yet we are supposed to be surprised. Stupes

  36. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Mia needs to stop sending out lame brain fowls though, it is embarrassing Enuff…..so many of them got chased off FB, yet they never seem to learn..lol

    It is one supermarket SO FAR said they could not handle anymore CALL IN ORDERS… another one is asking for emails but there is a wait period, those who bought in bulk over the last 2 months will not have any problems waiting..couple weeks.

    .it’s the ones both governments NEGLECTED over the years in the DEPRESSED AREAS and only used them as yardfowls, voters and taxpayers will be the most vulnerable and will need to access the call in order line more often…

    lots of entrepreuners are springing up all over the place though, try not to stagnate or stop them from earning a living to promote ya crooked minority friends…..with ya wicked minded selves..

  37. TheOgazerts Avatar
    TheOgazerts

    I believe Tron mentioned this more than once..

    🙂 I can understand why they close the supermarkets….

    Have you looked at the Bajan male politicians in their suits.

    Every man has his suit buttons under pressure. Every man jack put on pounds after May 24 2018.

    I would have suggested they hit the gym, but it was easier for politicians to close the markets
    🙂

  38. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    In a more serious vein….

    In a not perfect system we would expect a misstep here and there. The government performed well in initial handling of the crisis and
    IMHO they continue to do so. My gauge is the number of deaths and number of infections.

    However, as series of small missteps is throwing a bad light on the government handling of this COVID19 problem.

    I will not hazard a firm guess as to why these missteps are occurring, but I would suggest that they widen the group who is providing advice. Be careful that you are not entering an echo chamber and the voices you are hearing are just echoes of your own voice.

    Given the level of criticism from a vocal minority, strongly resist the urge to close ranks and to listen to only ardent supporters.

  39. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    Salemite
    Supermarkets overseas ran out of delivery slots. People are waiting 2-3 weeks. These are not normal times. Yuh expected the supermarkets to get 100 orders? The fact that they received 3,000 orders tells you that the decision to shut down in-supermarket shopping makes sense. Nobody wants to see you in your mummified appearance strolling through supermarket aisles–stan home!

  40. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    It is not fair to just say the government shut-down supermarkets.

    It appears that online/ordering by telephone is still possible. Given, the behavior by some Barbadians, this course of action may be more sensible than having Barbadians “cheek to jowl” in a line. Let’s make full use of available technology.

    Personal note: I used to visit Walmart every evening on my way home from work. My mother and sister laughed at me and my wife wanted to know what I was buying everyday.

    I visited Walmart last Saturday but saw a line and ran home without stopping. It has been about three to four weeks since I visited Walmart.

    My point: In some places the stores are open, but that does not mean that everyone is going to them
    🙂 At some stage, my toilet pare will run out. Home, until then 🙂

    Stay home
    Stay safe
    Good Hygiene

  41. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Theo…staggered shopping should be taken into consideration, week on, week off can’t hurt, along with telephone, email and other forms of media it may help the telephone backlogs that will occur for orders, just because there are so few supermarkets to handle thousands of orders at a time…

    and look, they did not have to pay me a million dollars for that advice, free of cost….not everything is about money, another lesson to learn..

    Someone sent me a link where Yankee Garments has permission to make masks for the public for those who do not want to use their scarfs etc to cover their face…..

    Here is a very good argument for wearing masks if you plan to get on a plane within the next six months..

    “Washington (CNN Business)The union representing flight attendants for American Airlines says about 100 flight attendants have tested positive for the coronavirus.

    The Association of Professional Flight Attendants, representing more than 27,000 flight attendants, disclosed the figure in a message to its membership and said the airline has “agreed to start providing face masks for frontline team members while at work should you choose to wear one.” The union said masks are being distributed this week.”

    Or ya can just go breathing in their faces like some clowns will do and see what happens..

  42. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    “Nobody wants to see you in your mummified appearance strolling through supermarket aisles–stan home!”

    lol…

  43. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Ah know it escaped ya that despite the supermarkets overseas…STAYING OPEN…there are still BACKED UP ORDERS….but you run along…..i have enuff to laugh at right now….i will save the rest for later…

  44. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    Please correct me if I am wrong, but I visited the website of a very popular supermarket in barbados but was unable to order anything.
    (What is being demanded from the government is absurd and unreasonable)

    Wanted to show you a grocery with online business but ended up in the waiting room.
    (What is being demanded from the government is absurd and unreasonable)

    https://wakefern.queue-it.net/?c=wakefern&e=testeventq001&t=https%3A%2F%2Fshop.shoprite.com%2Fglobaldata%2Fbanner-pages%2Fshoprite-from-home&cid=en-US

    You Are Now In Line
    If you are applying for a position at ShopRite, click here

    Sorry for the wait. The demand for our online grocery shopping service has increased significantly. You may experience longer than usual wait times and limited time slot availability, please know we’re working to fulfill as many orders as possible. Check time slot availability before starting your order.
    Your place in line does not guarantee that a time slot will be available.

    When it’s your turn, you will have 10 minutes to enter the website.

    We have temporarily disabled our ShopRite mobile app in order to enable the “Virtual Waiting Room” to improve performance and provide a better experience. Please be patient, we hope to have a new release available soon.

    Please bear with us as we are doing our best to serve you in a timely manner.
    Thank you for your patience & understanding.

    What is this?
    Expected arrival time on the website: 3:12 PM
    Your estimated wait time is: 32 minutes

  45. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    It appears that some stores in Barbados has an online presence. However, their websites have very limited functionality.
    Can someone post a link where you can enter a website for a supermarket an order foodstuff?
    How many sites has this capability?

    Perhaps, fingers should also be pointed in direction of the supermarkets. They may have an online presence, but without allowing customer to order foodstuff/items, it is useless in the current crisis

  46. TheOGazerts Avatar
    TheOGazerts

    But the ability to purchase food from a supermarket online one would have to able to keep a close track of inventory.

    HI PLT………….. Seems like you and your coders can sell a service to these companies
    It might be cheaper for them than buying software
    And all you owe me is one beer.

  47. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    WARU
    And those backed up are the elderly who have also been given special hours to shop in-store.

    “Many customers said they struggled to find a slot within two weeks – or struggled to find any slots at all. Others expressed confusion as to how they can register to be part of the priority service after receiving a letter from the NHS that confirmed their vulnerable status amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking to Retail Gazette, John Baillie, 84, said he had filled an online trolley sufficiently to warrant a free delivery with Waitrose, but couldn’t book a delivery.”

    Your problem is that you’re not too bright. I have been telling you for years to talk less and read more and try to understand. With proper logistics and distribution processes in place, 3,000 orders can be dealt with. The operations of supermarkets will also change and they should reassign and hire new staff accordingly.

  48. David Avatar
    David

    @John A

    It is to be expected demand would exceed supply at this time, every activity has a carry capacity. Allow the supermarkets to respond to the backlog. After a few days tweak as required. These are unprecedented times.

  49. john2 Avatar
    john2

    now who expected perfection from day 1?
    who expected the supermarket to service 280 000 people in one day / day one?

    SMH.

    if 1000 get service by one supermarket today alone is a good start.

    Gov can we get some sort of testing for these supermarket workers? at least the temperature check befor the start of work

  50. WURA-War-on-U Avatar
    WURA-War-on-U

    Fowl Enuff..you are NOT UK, nor US….you have less than a 300K population, you can streamline it efficiently, allowing your low income DEPRESSED AREAS to get their groceries FIRST however you do it, they shop more often because their INCOMES REMAIN NEAR POVERTY LINE…or below..

    Those who shop in bulk can either order at the stores that accomodate that level of shopping for either instore shopping OR PICK UP…it is not rocket science, you have two levels of people on the island, well three if ya want to count the wealthy lowlifes…how hard can it be to arrange something that simple, ya don’t even need a degree…but somehow am the idiot…

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